Chlorophyceae 22: 1903-1918. Sexual reproduction is oogamous with motile sperm produced in complex antheridia. pp. Evol. Palmophyllales feature a unique type of multicellularity, forming firm, well-defined macroscopic thalli composed of isolated spherical cells in a gelatinous matrix (Pueschel et al., 1997). Curr. Menzel, D. 1988. 19: 999-1007. Cell Mol. Hello.This article was really motivating, particularly because I was investigating for thoughts on this topic last Friday. The Chlamydomonas reinhardtti plastid chromosome: Islands of genes in a sea of repeats. Ultrastructural, biochemical and molecular data revealed six distinct groups of charophytes: Charophyceae, Coleochaetophyceae, Zygnematophyceae, Klebsormidiophyceae, Chlorokybophyceae and probably the Mesostigmatophyceae (Mattox & Stewart, 1984; Qiu & Palmer, 1999; McCourt et al., 2004). It is proposed that these two âlow lightâ and âhigh lightâ ecotypes could rather correspond to oceanic and coastal clades/ecotypes, respectively. Zechman, F. W., Theriot, E. C., Zimmer, E. A. and Chapman, R. L. 1990. 2011. Evol. O’Kelly, C. J. For example, in two sequenced Ostreococcus strains belonging to two different clades, the 18S rDNA divergences was less than 0.5% whereas around 25% divergence in amino-acid identity over their orthologous protein coding genes was observed. J. Phycol. 73â120. Science 245: 399-401. Alternatively, the food uptake apparatus of some complex mixotrophic prasinophytes (e.g. Credits of your research will always be on display when I present. Simple flagellates have been proposed to most closely resemble the AGF (Moestrup, 1991). Absence of flagellate reproductive stages and basal bodies also sets this class apart from other charophytes. The chloroplasts are enclosed by a double membrane with thylakoids grouped in lamellae, and contain chlorophyll a and b along with a set of accessory pigments such as carotenes and xanthophylls. Resolving the branching patterns among these lineages can provide important insights into morphological and ecological evolution, and provide clues about the origins and adaptations of symbiotic and parasitic lifestyles, ultimately leading to obligate heterotrophic lifestyles. This has been shown by several studies elucidating the evolution of land plant genes in the green lineage, including actin (An et al., 1999), cellulose synthase (Roberts & Roberts, 2004; Yin et al., 2009), class III homeodomainâleucine zipper genes (Floyd et al., 2006), MADS-box genes (Tanabe et al., 2005), vacuolar sorting receptors (Becker & Hoef-Emden, 2009), arabinogalactan-like proteins and hemicelluloses (e.g. Ecophysiological adaptations of the first land plants included enhanced osmoregulation and osmoprotection, desiccation and freezing tolerance, and heat resistance (Rensing et al., 2008). Among Systematics of the Siphonales. Chisholm, J. R. M., Dauga, C., Ageron, E., Grimont, P. A. D. and Jaubert, J. M. 1996. Mol. 17: 256-268. Green algae tend to have relatively compact, intron-poor mitochondrial genomes (with some major exceptions), whereas land plant mtDNAs are capacious and intron dense. The green algal eyespot apparatus: a primordial visual system and more? Several explanations for the observation that the Bryopsidales, which have the canonical code, are nested in a clade of which all other representatives have the alternative code are compared by Cocquyt et al. 21: 809-818. Molecular systematics of Volvocales (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta) based on exhaustive 18S rRNA phylogenetic analyses. 1: 265-277. Cymbomonas) has been interpreted as a feature inherited from a phagotrophic ancestor of the green lineage that was subsequently lost in most green algae (Moestrup et al., 2003; O’Kelly, 2007; Turmel et al., 2009a). A fourth section discusses the evolution of genetic codes and the translational apparatus in green seaweeds. Butcher, R. W. 1952. Cite as: Leliaert F, Smith DR, Moreau H, Herron MD, Verbruggen H, Delwiche CF & De Clerck O (2012) Phylogeny and molecular evolution of the green algae. The nature of these early fossils, however, remains controversial (e.g., Cavalier-Smith, 2006). & Lewis, J. 153: 366-372. Proc. 2006. 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It is more difficult to find morphological synapomorphies for the relationship between Zygnematophyceae and embryophytes, possibly as a result of secondary simplification and specialization in the Zygnematophyceae (Wodniok et al., 2011). Read your article online and download the PDF from your email or your account. A remarkable case of endosymbiosis is the plastid theft performed by sacoglossan molluscs (Elysia and relatives) (Gould et al., 2008). Genome Res. Tartar, A., Boucias, D. G., Becnel, J. J. and Adams, B. J. A land plant-specific multigene family in the unicellular Mesostigma argues for its close relationship to Streptophyta. Small from standard genetic code. Phylogeny and classification of Zygnematophyceae (Streptophyta): current state of affairs. 29: 58-66. Acad. pp. Annu. Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear, mitochondrial, and plastid multigene data sets support the placement of Mesostigma in the Streptophyta. And green algal plastid genomes are generally larger and more bloated than their mitochondrial counterparts, but for land plants the opposite is true. FEMS Microbiol. Calvin, M. and Benson, A. Mitochondrial DNA of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: the gene for apocytochrome b and the complete functional map of the 15.8 kb DNA. 58: 202-209. 6). 1997. But this is not a trend of the entire genus: the Nephroselmis olivacea ptDNA is 201 kb, a third of which represents noncoding nucleotides (Turmel et al., 1999b). One clade, the Chlorophyta, comprises the early diverging prasinophytes, which gave rise to the core chlorophytes. The nucleomorphs contain three small linear chromosomes and a gene density similar to that seen in prokaryotes (Moore & Archibald, 2009). Non-photosynthetic Trans. 24: 119-121. A. Ser. Sci. Nova Hedwigia 14: 1-11. Without doubt, then, cyanobacteria are key to any understanding of Earth's early biological and environmental history. U.S.A. 107: 10949-10954. 27: 119-133. 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Molecular phylogenetic data have shown that many of these endosymbiotic relationships evolved multiple times independently (Hoshina & Imamura, 2008; Pröschold et al., 2011). 91: 313-320. Conversely, the proportion of noncoding nucleotides in the mtDNA of land plants averages 0.84 but is 0.42 for the ptDNA (Table 2). ISME Journal: doi:10.1038/ismej.2010.209. Really good blog,thank so much for your effort in writing the posts. The non-photosynthetic, parasitic Prototheca and Helicosporidium are also included in the Chlorellales based on nuclear and chloroplast gene data (Huss & Sogin, 1990; Tartar et al., 2003; Ueno et al., 2003; de Koning et al., 2005; Ueno et al., 2005). Biol. Biol. BMC Evol. Ca2+ signalling in plants and green algae – changing channels. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Chlamydomonas (Chlorophyta). Morphology and phylogenetic position of the freshwater green microalgae Chlorochytrium (Chlorophyceae) and Scotinosphaera (Scotinosphaerales, ord. The total number of genes is similar, with ~14,500 genes in each speciesâ genome (Merchant et al., 2007; Prochnik et al., 2010). J. Evol. BioEssays 31: 1273-1279. Chlorarachniophytes are one of only two groups of photosynthetic eukaryotes (the other one being the red plastid-containing cryptophytes) in which remnant nuclei of the eukaryotic endosymbionts, called nucleomorphs, have been retained (Cavalier-Smith, 2002). Muramoto, K., Nakada, T., Shitara, T., Hara, Y. and Nozaki, H. 2010. The UTC classes are species-rich and morphologically and ecologically diverse. Phylogenetic analyses of the Bryopsidales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) based on Rubisco large subunit gene sequences. BMC Plant Biol. For this reason, phylogenetic hypotheses derived from such studies are preferably supported by independent data, such as structural genomic features like gene content, gene order, gene structure or intron distribution (Lemieux et al., 2007). Jousson, O., Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., Zechman, F. W., Dini, F., Di Guiseppe, G., Woodfield, R., Millar, A. and Meinesz, A. A relationship between Trebouxiophyceae and Ulvophyceae was proposed based on a counter-clockwise orientation of the flagellar apparatus (Sluiman, 1989). The evolutionary history of plants begins a very long time ago. Rev. Nature 403: 649-652. Cell walls are believed to have played crucial roles in the colonization of land by plants (Sorensen et al., 2010). Two ancient classes of MIKC-type MADS-box genes are present in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Evol. Green algal phylogeny. J. Phycol. 42: 339-383. The Bryopsis hypnoides plastid genome: multimeric forms and complete nucleotide sequence. In this view the land plants were derived from more complex, filamentous green algae (Blackman, 1900; Pascher, 1914). 95: 643-654. 91: 756-769. Lokhorst, G. M. and Star, W. 1999. 49: 173-198. 153: 373-383. BMC Evol. Chloroplast movement. Abundance and distribution of Ostreococcus sp. Evol. Nutritional control of sexuality in Chlamydomonas reinhardi. Caisová, L., Marin, B., Sausen, N., Pröschold, T. and Melkonian, M. 2011. 1Q-U) and primarily occur in freshwater and, to a lesser extent, terrestrial habitats. A number of trebouxiophytes have lost photosynthetic capacity and have evolved heterotrophic free-living or highly adapted parasitic lifestyles (e.g., Prototheca and Helicosporidium) (de Koning & Keeling, 2006; Pombert & Keeling, 2010). Algal genes in the closest relatives of animals. 36: 363-370. Sci. Cell numbers range from 1 to ~50,000, including nearly every power of 2 (4, 8, 16, etc.) Molecular data have provided clear evidence that the class forms a paraphyletic assemblage of early diverging lineages (Kantz et al., 1990; Steinkötter et al., 1994; Nakayama et al., 1998), which is reflected by the wide diversity of cell shapes, body scale morphologies, flagellar behaviour, mitotic and cytokinetic processes, and biochemical features (Sym & Pienaar, 1993; Latasa et al., 2004). In this view, two pathways toward enlarged cells and macroscopic growth would have emerged. Herron, M. D., Hackett, J. D., Aylward, F. O. and Michod, R. E. 2009. Marine versus freshwater lifestyles also coincide with differentiations in life histories. Romanel, E. A. C., Schrago, C. G., Counago, R. M., Russo, C. A. M. and Alves-Ferreira, M. 2009. 1964. Berger, S., Fettweiss, U., Gleissberg, S., Liddle, L. B., Richter, U., Sawitzky, H. and Zuccarello, G. C. 2003. 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Micromonas pusilla (Butcher, 1952) was the first species to be discovered among the Mamiellophyceae. Viruses are tiny invaders that cause a wide range of diseases, from rabies to tomato spotted wilt virus and, most recently, COVID-19 in humans. Baurain, D., Brinkmann, H., Petersen, J., Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, N., Stechmann, A., Demoulin, V., Roger, A. J., Burger, G., Lang, B. F. and Philippe, H. 2010. Addit. 7: 3501-3508. nov., the first known terrestrial member of the order Cladophorales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta). Chloroplast multi-gene analyses identified two main lineages within the Chlorophyceae: a clade uniting the Chlamydomonadales and Sphaeropleales (CS clade), and a clade uniting the Oedogoniales, Chaetophorales, and Chaetopeltidales (OCC clade) (Turmel et al., 2008; Brouard et al., 2010). Natl. Genes encoding a subunit of respiratory NADH dehydrogenase (ND1) and a reverse transcriptase-like protein (RTL) are linked to ribosomal RNA gene pieces in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mitochondrial DNA. 2005. I. The flagellar apparatus structure in Microspora (Chlorophyceae) confirms a close evolutionary relationship with unicellular green algae. Beside portals dedicated to the annotation of each of the different genomes, web sites focused on comparative analysis between the different organisms belonging to the green lineage, as PLAZA (bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/plaza/) (Proost et al., 2009) and its derivative Pico-PLAZA are now available. Microbiol. Science 319: 64-69. J. Phycol. Evol. 2007a. A., Curtis, N. E. and Pierce, S. K. 2010. Mujer, C. V., Andrews, D. L., Manhart, J. R., Pierce, S. K. and Rumpho, M. E. 1996. J. Phycol. The Prasiola-clade is the morphologically and ecologically most diverse trebouxiophyte lineage, including unicellular (e.g., Pseudochlorella, Pseudomarvania, Stichococcus), filamentous (e.g., Rosenvingiella, Raphidonema) and blade-like (e.g., Prasiola) forms growing in freshwater, marine and terrestrial habitats (Karsten et al., 2005; Rindi et al., 2005; Rindi et al., 2007; Elias & Neustupa, 2009). Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells – a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life. Despite their many unifying features, green algae exhibit a remarkable variation in morphology and ecology reflecting their evolutionary diversification. 41: 1039-1054. Baldauf, S. L. and Palmer, J. D. 1990. 89: 727-733. J. Phycol. The ecological importance of Bathycoccus is probably overlooked (Johnson & Sieburth, 1982; Eikrem & Throndsen, 1990), but it is sporadically found in clone library studies where it can even be dominant (Marie et al., 2006). O’Kelly, C. J. and Floyd, G. L. 1984a. These results have strengthened the notion that the ancestor of the Chlorophyceae was likely a quadriflagellate with a DO+DO configuration of the flagellar apparatus, and that the CW configuration evolved independently in the Chlamydomonadales and the Chaetophorales (Buchheim et al., 2001; Turmel et al., 2008) (but see Nozaki et al., 2003, discussed below), and further suggest that the stephanokont zoospores of the Oedogoniales arose from the DO condition (Turmel et al., 2008). Plant Syst. Boer, P. H. and Gray, M. W. 1986. J. Phycol. Tsekos, I. Eds., Taylor and Francis. Despite the absence of algal nuclei, these so-called kleptoplasts remain transcriptionally and translationally active and allow the slugs to rely on photosynthate for weeks to months (Mujer et al., 1996). and repeat rich. The Trebouxiophyceae was originally defined (as Pleurastrophyceae) based on ultrastructural features (CCW flagellar apparatus orientation, non-persistent metacentric spindle, and phycoplast-mediated cytokinesis) (Mattox & Stewart, 1984) and its circumscription was later refined by 18S sequence data (Kantz et al., 1990; Friedl, 1995; Wolf et al., 2003) (see Lewis & McCourt, 2004 for a taxonomic and nomenclatural history of the class). These sea slugs feed upon siphonous and siphonocladous green algae (Ulvophyceae) and siphonous xanthophytes (e.g., Vaucheria). pp. Further studies of presumedly primitive green algae, including the description of Pedinophyceae class. Gene dense. The introduction of molecular phylogenetic methods provided a new framework for reconstructing the evolutionary history of the green lineage. The relationship between cell size and cell fate in Volvox carteri. Stein, J. R. 1965. This implies that this genus has a different system of Fe acquisition compared to those of major competitors. Microbiol. McCourt, R. M. 1995. Also, the Oltmannsiellopsis viridis mtDNA has what appears to be a recently captured integrase gene originating from a bacterium and a group II intron coming from a cryptophyte (Pombert et al., 2006), the P. parkeae ptDNA harbors a DNA primase gene putatively acquired from a virus (Turmel et al., 2009a), and the mitochondrial genome of C. reinhardtii contains a reverse-transcriptase-like gene (rtl) whose evolutionary origins and function remain unknown (Boer & Gray, 1988). Access supplemental materials and multimedia. real historical succession of evolutionary stages can be demonstrated only by fossils. Electron microscopical observations on a clone of Monomastix Scherffel in culture. Domozych, D. S., Lambiasse, L., Kiemle, S. N. and Gretz, M. R. 2009. Korean J. Genet. Rates of synonymous substitution in plant nuclear genes. The subsequent diversification of this primary plastid-containing eukaryote gave rise to the green lineage, as well as the red algae and the glaucophytes. Turmel, M., Otis, C. and Lemieux, C. 2002c. 23: 1324-1338. Furthermore, non-monophyly has been demonstrated for several genera and species (Verbruggen et al., 2009b). Analyses of 18S sequence and chloroplast genome data clearly show that Monomastix is sister to the Mamiellales (Turmel et al., 2009a). Recent molecular studies have indicated similarities between red and green plastids, which suggest that there was a single endosymbiotic origin for these organelles in a common ancestor of the rhodophytes and green plants. Kirk, D. L. 2003. Proc. 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